ASIA - EAST ASIA

Japan, Tokyo Wonder Site - www.tokyo-ws.org - Institute for Contemporary Arts and International Cultural Exchange, contact person Yasuku Imamura, imamura@tokyo-ws.org and Power Point Project: developing “points of culture”/cultural centers, where “points create lines, lines create surface and surfaces house people and relations” to promote sustainable development through local culture and arts.

South-East Asia Community Learning Centers (CLCs) Network,initiated by UNESCO in 1998 in Thailand (UNESCO Bangkok): set up in both village and urban areas in 24 countries in the Asia and Pacific region with definition: “Local educational institutions outside the formal education system, for villages and urban areas usually set up and managed by local people to provide various learning opportunities for community development and improvement of people quality of life” (UNESCO Bangkok Appeal Training materials for Educational Personnel: ALP-CE, 1995)